Product Owner, Technical Lead

Product Owner, Technical Lead
Oakland, CA (hybrid)
12+ Months Contract
Potential to Convert to Perm

Summary
Seeking an experienced Product Owner, Technical Lead to oversee and lead the BigID Core platform supporting a privacy-focused organization. This role combines product ownership, technical leadership, and platform operations management responsibilities. The ideal candidate will drive platform stability, maintenance initiatives, migration efforts, and future integration capabilities while partnering closely with privacy stakeholders to translate business requirements into execution plans. The primary objective of this role is to lead platform stabilization efforts by driving maintenance activities, executing platform migrations, reducing operational backlog, and improving the overall health and reliability of the BigID Core environment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Product Owner and Technical Lead for the BigID Core platform.
• Provide leadership and direction to team members responsible for platform operations and support activities.
• Partner with privacy stakeholders to gather, prioritize, and translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Lead platform maintenance initiatives and migration activities to improve platform reliability and performance.
• Drive stabilization efforts and address operational challenges resulting from vendor product changes.
• Manage platform priorities and execution plans for maintenance, upgrades, and enhancements.
• Provide technical leadership for future integration efforts involving BigID Core and other enterprise platforms.
• Guide support teams in troubleshooting, administration, and operational excellence activities.
• Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, and business teams to deliver successful platform outcomes.
• Support strategic planning and execution of the platform roadmap.

• Experience serving as a Product Owner, Technical Lead, Platform Lead, or similar leadership role.
• Direct experience with BigID Core or similar privacy discovery and data intelligence platforms.
• Strong knowledge of privacy regulations, including CCPA and GDPR.
• Experience leading platform operations, support, maintenance, and lifecycle management activities.
• Experience designing, supporting, or managing integrations utilizing REST APIs.
• Scripting experience supporting automation, integrations, and system maintenance.
• Demonstrated ability to gather business requirements and translate them into technical deliverables.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and leadership abilities.
• Experience leading migrations, upgrades, or platform transformation initiatives.
• Extensive BigID platform experience with the ability to contribute immediately.
• Experience with enterprise data governance platforms.
• Familiarity with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Experience working within regulated environments.
• Utility industry experience is beneficial but not required.